The race is on for purple king crab when Deadliest Catch returns for Season 21 on August 1. The favored Discovery Channel collection as soon as once more hits the tough waters of the Bering Sea because it follows crews risking life and limb for his or her subsequent huge haul.
As TV Insider’s unique sneak peek video exhibits, beneath, there may be hazard forward for Jake Anderson. Plus, there may be information of the long-awaited return of Keith Colburn after his worrying medical drama final season.
Because the community teases, in Season 21 a “gold rush-style race ignites among the many Dutch Harbor fleet. The search is on the place they courageous unforgiving 50-foot seas to succeed in deserted Adak Island, venturing farther west than anybody has dared in over 30 years and past the bounds of rescue.”
Titan Explorer out at sea
This comes after a dramatic Season 20 that introduced some severe medical emergencies, crew clashes and mechanical points aboard. Given the early particulars of what’s to come back, we are able to count on a lot of the identical as “the crews face excessive situations and main ship malfunctions that put them in severe life-threatening conditions, leaving the fleet on the mercy of the tumultuous western Bering Sea.”
TV Insider’s unique video, above, options what’s in retailer throughout the Season 21 premiere on August 1 (the present is transferring to Friday nights), Sig Hansen and Jonathan Hillstrand kick off their journey by touring to Alaska’s Adak Island based mostly on chatter about large king crab within the space. Hansen, identified for helming the Northwestern, co-captains the Time Bandit alongside Hillstrand the place the 2 legends spark a gold rush.
“It’s unforgiving out right here within the West,” Hansen says within the first promo above, in a tease that units the scene for what’s to come back in Adak Island. We get a take a look at Mom Nature’s fury and the way she doesn’t make the season straightforward with hundreds of thousands of crab and billions of {dollars} for the taking. Hillstrand describes the rollercoaster trip forward the place, “one second it’s heaven, the following second hell.”
Shut up of Keith on the helm
One of many crew has an enormous gash on his head with one other somebody getting burned by hearth, driving residence the chance concerned. The clip additionally hints to a harrowing scenario the place there was a plea to place the digital camera down. Phrases “Abandon All Hope” come on amid some dramatic footage together with one with Jake Anderson sporting an oxygen masks and a Mayday misery sign. Requires Jake come on the radio. There seems to be chaos on the Titan Explorer that forces Anderson and crew to desert ship.
Discovery confirmed the return of Keith Colburn after a lot hypothesis relating to his well being. The Wizard captain collapsed and misplaced consciousness on board final season. His brother Monte took him to Saint Paul Harbor the place Colburn was flown to Anchorage for medical help and exams.
He revealed he had a transient ischemic assault (TIA) or mini-stroke. It turned out the 62-year-old didn’t need to finish his profession like that and is again for extra. Rounding out the confirmed captains this season are: Steve “Harley” Davidson on the Southern Wind, Rick Shelford, who’s joined by third-generation fisherman Sophia “Bob” Nielsen on the Aleutian Woman.
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Deadliest Catch Season 21 premiere, August 1, 8/7c, Discovery Channel